Cribbage board

ABSTRACT

A circular cribbage board having a circular base plate on which a circular counter disc, bearing a circular scale having 122 divisions numbered consecutively from 0, is mounted for rotation. A transparent cover plate which is fixedly mounted on the base plate over the counter plate and through which the counter disc scale can be viewed has an arcuate slot the length of which exposes thirty holes of a row of holes in the counter plate adjacent the circular scale thereon. A circular scale numbered from 0 to 30 is displayed on the cover plate adjacent the slot thereon so that a player to record his score, extends a pointed instrument into a hole of the counter disc adjacent a selected number on the cover plate and rotates the counter disc, until the instrument meets the end of the slot, the cumulative score of the player being indicated by comparing a registration mark on the cover plate with the counter disc scale.

United States Patent [191 [111 3,905,547

Cyre et a1. Sept. 16, 1975 CRIBBAGE BOARD I Primary Examiner-Stephan J.Tomslty [76] Inventors: Ronald Eugene Cyre, PO. Box 5587 Attorney Agentor Firm-carver and Company Stn. L, Edmonton; Roger Allan Cyre, P.O. Box27, Fort Nelson, [57] ABSTRACT both of Canada A circular cribbage boardhaving a circular base plate [22] F'led: July 1974 on which a circularcounter disc, bearing a circular [21] Appl. No.: 490,987 scale having122 divisions numbered consecutively from O, is mounted for rotation. Atransparent cover plate which is fixedly mounted on the base plate over[52] g gi 7 the counter plate and through which the counter disc scalecan be viewed has an arcuate slot the length of [51] Int. Cl. A63F 1/18;(306C 3/00 h hi h l f f h h [58] Field of Search 235/90, 74, so, 88,116, w expses t a my t 6 counter plate adjacent the circular scalethereon. A

|-|-ci-rcu1ar scale numbered from 0 to 30 is displayed on the coverplate adjacent the slot thereon so that a [5 R f e Ci player to recordhis score, extends a pointed instru- UNITED STATES PATENTS ment into ahole of the counter disc adjacent a selected number on the cover plateand rotates the counter disc, until the instrument meets the end of the2.7023569 2/1955 Halloweuw slot, the cumulative score of the playerbeing indi- 3,281,072 10/1966 Dawson 235/83 cated by comparing aregistration mark the cover I plate with the counter disc scale.

2,106,466 1/1938 Paul 235/116 2,586,058 2/1952 Knopke 4 Claims, 6Drawing Figures PATENTED SEP] 6 I975 sum 2 BF 4 layers,-as to the holein which the dislodged peg should CRIBBAGEEBOARD' .Conventionallycribbage boards provided-with a 1 plurality of rows of holes, each,r.owhaving.123 holes,

which accept ,pegs which the.,player s ,move tokeep trackof theirscores. As is well known, the pegsinvariably are misplaced orubrok enwhich necessitates the provision of replacement pegs, It is very commonto; use

match sticks for thispurpose. Replacement pegs, .unless' theyarecarefully madgusually have a.loose fit in. the

,holes and duringa play, oftenare dislodged from the board whichfrequently results in arguments between be replaced,

. invention provides aicribb a ge board which is compact and which doesnot require the use of rem ov eable pegs orthe like the cribbage l boardof the present inventiomithe can be tallied with the use of arty sharppointed ilnstrumen t, such as a toothpick ora sharpened pencil o r pin,instruments which are always available and. thus "theboard is alwaysreadily available for use.,

heicrib bage board (if the present invention has acirar base plate onwhich a circular counter disc bearing a circular scalehaving122divisions numbered consecutively from Q and which has acircumferentially exte'nding'row of holes, one'hole being disposedadjacent each divisionof the scale. A cover platewhich isnonrotatably'rnounted 'on th e base plate over the counter disc has anarchate slot 'which is aligned with the ow; of

holes inithe'c'ount er plate and which'expose s thirty 9f said holes atone t ime.'The coverplate displays a scoring scale nhmbered from Q to 29running adjacent the arcuate 'slot' so that a player, with the use of asharp pointed instrument which can be extended into any selected holethrough the arcuate slot, can rotate the counter disc. A reference markon the cover plate indicates, on the circular scale of the counter disc,the players cumulative score.

A detailed description following, related to the drawings, givesexemplification of apparatus according to the invention which, however,is capable of expression in means other than those particularlydescribed and illustrated.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a plan view of one embodiment ofthe cribbage board of the invention,

FIG. 2 is a central sectional view taken on line 22 of FIG. 1,

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the board shown in FIGS. 1 and2,

FIGS. 4, 5 and 6 are views similar to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, respectively,.ofanother embodiment of the cribbage board.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Referring to the drawings, FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 showone embodiment 10 of the cribbage board of the invention which isdesigned" for'use by one playe'n. Cribbage board 10 has a circular baseplate 11 on which a counter disc l2 is mounted for rotation. A circularcover plate 13 is nonrotatably mounted on the'base plate'over' thecounter disc; The plates and discare secured'against separation byarivet 14 which extends through suitably sized centrally locatedopenings l5, 16

respectively. t

The base plate 11 which can be'formed of any suitand 17, in the baseplate,'couriter disc and cover'plate,

able firm materiaL 'such as woodxmetal or a stiff ther- 1 moplastic, hasa central circular recessI8 in which the E counter disc has a neat,rotatable fit and has an annular seat 19 on which the cover plate has aneat fit. Both the base plate and cover plate are'pr ovided withdiametrically opposed peripheral grooves, s everally 2l, whichacceptpins, severally 22, whichc'an be gl ed inplace .to preventrelative rotation of thecover and base The counter disc 12 displays, adacent its periphery,

jectingfrom the base of the recess 18 engaging in plates. The rivetwhichbe ofia thermoplastic com- .positi'on ha'sa head 23 which engagesthe upper surface of the cover plate. The opposite end 24 of the rivet is Aheated and. pressed to fit the counter sunk opening 15 so that thebottom of the rivet is flushwith the bottom face :of the base plate.

a,circular scale 26 graduated to provide 122 divisions. The: divisionsare numbered consecutively in an anticlockwise direction', from 0 or'startdivisionto a finish or 121 division, 121 being'thewinningscore in,a game of cribbage. Thecounter. plate is: also'provided with a -circularrow of holes 27, one hole being disposed adjacent each of thedivisionsof thescaleiT-hescale 26 is viewable through the cover plate 13,theslatter being of transparent materiaL'A hemispherical detent27.l.pro-

holes'27' retardslrotation of the counter disc. The cover plate has an'arcuate slot 28 which 5 is aligned with the row of holes'27. Length ofthe slot is such that thirty holes are exposed at one time. A scoringscale 29, having thirty divisions corresponding to the divisions of thescale 26. The divisions of the scale 29 are numbered consecutively, inan anticlockwise direction from 0 to 29, 29 being the largest singlehand possible in a cribbage game. A reference mark 31 for the scale 26is displayed on the cover plate.

In use of the cribbage boardithe counter disc is positioned to align theO or start division with the registration mark 31. For scoring, a sharppointed instrument such as a pencil is inserted into one of the holes 27and the counter disc is rotated in a clockwise direction until the sharppointed instrument meets the end of the slot adjacent the 0 division ofthe scale 29. A players cumulative score is thus always indicated by thenumerical value of the division of the scale 26 adjacent the referencemark 31. As in all cribbage games, the game ends when one players scoretotal reaches 121.

The counter disc 12, it is seen, is not rotatably mounted on the rivet,but rather rests in the recess 18 and is confined by the walls thereof.The counter plate disc thus does not rotate freely due to the resistancedeveloped by friction between the undersurface and edges of the disc andthe bottom and walls of the recess and the effect of the detent 27.1.During play, therefore, it is very unlikely that the counter plate willmove relative to the base plate should the cribbage counter accidentallybe jostled, and will thus in great part, elimthe - inate' argumentswhich quite often: result when using a conventional cribbage board.

FIGS. 4, 5 andr6 show another embodiment 40 of a cribbage counter.

Cribbage counter 40 is designed for use by two players and includes abase plate 41 which has a central recess 42 for fittedly receivinga'counter disc 43 and an annular groove 44 for fittedly receiving anannular counter plate 45. An annular step 46 is provided in the baseplate in the same manner as is provided with base plate 11 for fittedlyreceiving a cover plate 47, which like the cover plate 13 is securedagainst rotation relative to the base plate by means of pins severally48. The

cribbage counter 40 also has a rivet 49 which is secured in the mannerdescribed with respect to rivet 14 of counter plate 10. a

The counterdisc, 43 and the annular counter plate 45 display circularscales 51 and 52, respectively, which are similar to the scale 29 ofcribbage counter and the cover plate 47 has a pair of diametricallyopposed arcuate slots 53 and 54, similar to the slot 28 adjacent towhich counter scales 55 and 56, respectively, similar I to the sc ale 29of cribbage counter 10, are displayed. The counter disc43 and annularcounter plate 45 are cribbage counter 40 like the counter disc 12 do notfreely rotateon the rivet, rotation thereof being frictionally resistedby engagement of the disc and plate with the bottoms and walls of therecess and annular groove, a

We-dai 1. A circular cribbage board comprising:

a circular base plate,

" b. a circular counter disc mounted on the base plate for rotation,

c. a circular scale having 122 divisions numbered consecutively from 0displayed on the counter disc.

d. the counter disc having a circular row of holes with one hole at eachdivision of the scale.

e. a cover plate nonro'tatably secured to the base plate over thecounter disc having an arcuate slot aligned withthe row of holes in thecounter disc for enabling a sharp pointed instrument to be inserted intoa selected hole for rotating the disc, said slot having a length such asto expose the 30 holes of the counter disc at one time.

f. a scale displayed on the cover plate adjacent the slot havingdivisions numbered from 0 to 29,

g. a registration mark displayed on the cover plate for indicating onthe scale of the counter disc, a play ers total score.

2. A cribbage board as claimed in claim 1 in which the base plate isprovided with a circular recess for fittedly receiving the counter disc,said recess presenting a face for frictionally engaging the undersurfaceof the counter disc'so as to frictionally retarding rotation of thelatter.

3. A cribbage board as claimed in claim 1 in which the base plate has anannular groove spaced from and concentric to the recess and an annularcounter plate fittedly received by the annular groove for rotation, saidannular counter plate displaying a circular scale having l22 divisionsnumbered from 0 and a row of holes disposed adjacent said scale, asecond arcuate slot in the cover plate disposed over the holes of theannular counter plate for enabling a sharp pointed instrument to beinserted in a selected hole of the row of holes of the annular counterplate for rotating the latter, a scale adjacent the second slot havingdivisions numbered from 0 to 29, and a second registration markdisplayed on the cover plate for indicating total score on the scale ofthe annular counter plate.

4. A cribbage board as claimed in claim 1 in which the cover plate isformed of a transparent material.

1. A circular cribbage board comprising: a. a circular base plate, b. acircular counter disc mounted on the base plate for rotation, c. acircular scale having 122 divisions numbered consecutively from 0displayed on the counter disc, d. the counter disc having a circular rowof holes with one hole at each division of the scale, e. a cover platenonrotatably secured to the base plate over the counter disc having anarcuate slot aligned with the row of holes in the counter disc forenabling a sharp pointed instrument to be inserted into a selected holefor rotating the disc, said slot having a length such as to expose the30 holes of the counter disc at one time, f. a scale displayed on thecover plate adjacent the slot having divisions numbered from 0 to 29, g.a registration mark displayed on the cover plate for indicating on thescale of the counter disc, a player''s total score.
 2. A cribbage boardas claimed in claim 1 in which the base plate is provided with acircular recess for fittedly receiving the counter disc, said recesspresenting a face for frictionally engaging the undersurface of thecounter disc so as to frictionally retarding rotation of the latter. 3.A cribbage board as claimed in claim 1 in which the base plate has anannular groove spaced from and concentric to the recess and an annularcounter plate fittedly received by the annular groove for rotation, saidannular counter plate displaying a circular scale having 122 divisionsnumbered from 0 and a row of holes disposed adjacent said scale, asecond arcuate slot in the cover plate disposed over the holes of theannular counter plate for enabling a sharp pointed instrument to beinserted in a selected hole of the row of holes of the annular counterplate for rotating the latter, a scale adjacent the second slot havingdivisions numbered from 0 to 29, and a second registration markdisplayed on the cover plate for indicating total scoRe on the scale ofthe annular counter plate.
 4. A cribbage board as claimed in claim 1 inwhich the cover plate is formed of a transparent material.